Reviewing a Rare PS1 Demo Disc 

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I miss they days of when demos felt special and an event. like peeking into a curtain of all the wonders the game could offer you.

I was 27 minutes in when I realized... Thor FINALLY LABELLED THE GAMES! He didn't just start showing it while MAYBE mentioning the name in an off hand bitted way that made it almost impossible to figure out what the fuck he was actually playing, which was literally my only problem I ever had with these videos! Holy shit, yes! Yes! Thank you Thor!

I really miss PS1 demos, they were the bomb, and many of us played these games for hundred of hours before playing the full games heck there's games I played in demo discs that I never played their full versions, what a magical and nostalgic time.

I literally had this demo disk as a kid and I played it constantly. That cover art is permanently seared into my mind and seeing it again on this video has given me a profound sense of melancholy; time is a horrible demon.

Dude I busted out laughing several times throughout this video. The cat screaming, the "American commercial" the uk playstation thing. The Russian krypto. There's all these like few seconds long bits densely packed that just crack me up. You either found my comedy kryptonite or I'm just overly exhausted and going delusional... Or both.

Demos disappearing for most games is some kind of sick joke. I like the indie game demo thing Steam did a few months ago. I wish that was more of a thing.

What the... This is the demo disc I played trough my childhood, this demo is one of the most nostalgic memories I have, everything about it is special to me, even the video that plays if you wait too long without touching any buttons, and the poster it came with, I still have it on my wall, thank you for making a video about this.

I always loved Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time. It was the first ever video game my dad bought just for me and the game's visual appeal is amplified when you're just a four-year old and enjoy colorful cartoon-type stuff.

I really enjoy just vibing to your videos. Not fully understanding what you are saying or meaning. Just watching cool visuals and listening to chill sounds and enjoying your smooth, nice voice, it just makes me relax and happy. Love you, man. Keep doing whatever you do!

My friend, I am going through a terrible crisis right now and you have no idea how much light your videos shine into my soul at such a dark time. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

I feel the same way about culture differences in products/design trends. I think it’s fascinating how a person can enjoy something mainly because they just grew up in a society it was popular in. A good example is Japan and JRPGs and Brazil with Sonic the hedgehog. If any of that makes sense lol

I'm like 99% sure I had this demo disc as a kid but I have no clue how or why I had it, what an odd little novelty to run into again after like 20+ years Another excellent video, the gag at 7:05 got me good

Loved the PS1 demo discs. Getting Pizza Hut and a demo disc was peak 90s. I had three that stand out in my mind - one that I'm assuming must have been a pack in with the console that included a demo for Ray Storm, some submarine/diving game I can't remember the name of, IQ, Armored Core, and a bunch of videos. The other discs I had included demos for Gran Turismo, Crash 3, Tony Hawk, Ape Escape, Final Fantasy 8, Medi-Evil, Tomb Raider, and... maybe Cool Boarders? Too bad I never had a Dual Shock 1 for Ape Escape... Maybe it's my autistic tendencies, but I always loved the demo discs having a bunch of random *stuff* to check out and do without having to fuss with much. Not needing to change discs but still getting to experience a bunch of different games in a convenient package usually featuring hella slick presentation... They, just like the 90s, were a vibe and we'll probably never get back there, but at least we have these awesome memories and awesome people to reminisce about them with.

Holy shit. You have no idea how long I've been looking for Destrega! I had that demo disc as a kid but I could never remember what it was called. I even scoured an archive of jampack demo disc's to try to find but nothing! Thank you for finding this.

HOLY SHIT! I've been searching for this demo for YEARS! I could never find it. I've been dreaming about the fish demo for decades and never been able to find the music or video footage. Thank you so much, this brings me back to so many hours of messing around with free demo games that I had to wait and save up money to play. The joy of these demos, man, haven't felt like this when gaming in years. Childhood gold!

the PS1 era game magazine covers were 100% on point. I had a stack of the UK Official PlayStation magazines and the covermount discs had more value than the actual paper.

Destrega is one of those I've always loved, but I've never met another person in person who has any idea what I'm talking about. Also, somewhere in the there I got a second disk, so since I have it twice I can play both at once and talk to myself about it like I'm two people having a conversation about it. Cool video, man 👍

Wow that’s an amazing demo disc, so many bangers on it!! Have the fondest memories of Demo 1, the menu theme was so good!! Great video as always :)

aaaah those 3D Demo Disc graphics at the start, so fucking clean !

Great video and great album, I'm blessed you are out there, making exactly what I want to hear and see.

love your videos man! you have such a funny and informative style. So glad to be catching up on your backlog after a year!

I love the new album ;-; Thor I’ve been following you for years and was introduced to you by your final fantasy fashion video. I get really excited when I see you vids, thank you for existing dude ❤️

Your videos are the best. They make me feel enveloped in the content, engaged, and very entertained. ❤

so hyped with the new album! just listerned thru the whole thing before continuing the video, i really hope it reaches a wider audience, it's truly sublime i hope alot more people start stumbling up on your wurk

You could do a whole series on the vibes that came off those European/Uk magazine demo discs. And you absolutely should.

I listened to and loved your album- Dr. Shit was my favorite song I think. I didn't know you made music (relatively new to your vids) but your previews in this video had me interested. Consider me a fan on that front too, and thanks for sharing it here.

You being Adolf Nomura as well is like learning Neil Cicierega is both Mouth Moods and Ultimate Showdown guy. Thank you for making that album, it has huge Street Fighter III 3rd Strike vibes to me❤

This new album is the fucking noise! Also, hit me right in the nostalgia berries with the demo disc episode man, me and my buddy had this exact same hunt last month trying to find the demo that came with net yaroze submissions... Thank you for everything you make and sticking to your guns through it all, your content is some of the few pieces in this RU-vid cesspit that I look forward to the most and when a new vid drops, I hop out of bed like a kid on crack on Christmas morn!

I love your videos im glad ive discovered them!

I've waiting for that notification to pop up, you can't believe how much I enjoy your videos.

Proud to say I still have my copy of the PlayStation Underground Holiday 2004 Demo Disc that corrupted memory cards when played. I remember purposefully giving it to someone I didn’t like as my first flirtation with cyber terr0rism.

Thank you for including hello ^_^ Heard it a day after you uploaded coconuts and I like it and then the day after that I finished the album. Again I like it Keep it up mann

My guy, that Patreon bump music is beyond bopping. Long time viewer so it has been awesome to see how your sound has progressed, you got the juice.

Oh my... it's 6.37 in the morning, I turn on the PC to do the accounting for the company where I work but instead I just put my feets up on the desk and throw the chair back. Let the video begin!

Nice to see I wasn't alone with the Fish Demo, the Tomba demo was awesome and probably how a lot of folks learned about it.

yessss... anytime you post i get super happy.

Your album is sick. Uniquely weird, much like your videos. You are a living vibe, my dude.

I absolutely adore every video you make! Your incredible video editing skills make every minute entertaining. So happy you keep plugging your music as well because it slaps. Thanks for being such a fantastic creator!

This man could make a video about damn near anything and I would be on board 🤣

Man so much memories with that Powerline logo! i had a lot of these demo discs!

every thor upload feels like a moment of respite, thank you dude for being yourself

trying to absorb your points but I'm still giggling distractedly at the cat yawning a howie long scream

Watching this video gave me such a visceral feeling of gross nostalgia. Meaning the only person who owned a PS1 when I was growing up was my grandfather and whenever we visited, they'd let us crowd around the upstairs TV and play PS1 instead of spending any time with our relatives. He owned a copy of Croc and a copy of Motor Toon Grand Prix 2. Those were the only ones the kids were allowed to play. I remember them being so weird and foreign to me because we only had Nintendo at our house and these games had almost a weird panic-inducing strangeness to them that was only made worse by the odd, rubbery controller sticks. I never actually understood why Croc was so hard to navigate and why moving him felt like learning how to walk all over again, until Thor said "tank controls". I didn't know what tank controls were back then, I'd never played a game with them. No wonder that game haunts my dreams.

Love these videos!

Despite never having played any of the Wipeout games as a child (too busy with the sad Beyblade game and fuckign Nanosaur) my first ever experience with house music was picking up the Wipeout 2097 OST (or Wipeout XL in my region) at my neighbour's garage sale which definitely formed a lot of my music taste as a kid. Probably wasn't nearly as influential in Canada as it was in Europe but still mindblowing as a kid who's sole exposure to music was 2000s radio rock and whatever had the coolest album art at the thrift store

Thanks for unlocking my memories of the ps1 I had 1 of those demo disc's in the UK. Devil dice was actually pretty fun for some reason as kid

Modern games don't put too much of a focus on demos because they don't want to call attention to the fact that the glitchy, broken, unfinished version is identical in every way to the one they shipped on launch day.

I love the ps2 demo disc where they had a trailer for tetsuo the iron man by accident if you scrolled down enough in the menu

Dude I’ve been loving your channel for years and jamming to Adolf Nomura for the last year with no clue it’s the same guy. Great vids, great jams. Thanks 🙏

It's wild how many 3d platformers rare made

Net Yaroze and demo discs were a godsend for tiny teenage me. That and the Platinum line of PSX games, bringing titles to a way more manageable 40 Dollarydoos each

Oh my god, that music you played after the bugs bunny segment was amazing

You can really see the cultural divide in those PAL covers you show around 2:37. Much more attitude than we got in the US.

Hearing that the menu music of the demo disc that came with the console unlocked some core memories

R4 was my first ridge racer game i first played it on the ps classic of all things and i've fallen in love with the series ever since. It has become my all time favorite racing series. It needs a comeback.

Oh, that Demo Disc is safe in my collection of older PSX games! The way I got it I think was when my parents bought the console and the shop just gave the disc as a bonus. It also gave me a certain love for janky platform-games like Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time! Thank you for bringing some very fond memories back to me, love your work!

Zaddy Thor is back

3:38 - 4:03 HO. LY. SHIT. I never thought I'd ever see (or hear) this again. Thank you so much for this.

Yay, Thor uploaded 🎉 Good start to my Monday Morning. 🤙🏽 Luv from DownUnda broski! 🇦🇺💙❄️🤜🏽🤛🏼

Great video! I regret dumping my collection of PS1 demos from my childhood. I had so many, i played a lot of demos, probably more than full releases because we were poor, but it was a blast!

As someone who just bought a shitload of PlayStation UK magazine demo discs from eBay....ahhh, the memories! Funny though I was watching your Liminal spaces video today and thinking I really wanted a new video and more "Thor's cat" (Wilhelm?Wilhem?) then BANG! New video 🖤

Les fucking gooo was jus sleeping and listening to a vid from 7 years ago to then wake up to a new video!!!!!!

Just added your album super excited to give it a listen!

I love that I could hear the reversed amen break before that sick ass shorgazey jungly bit. Great tune.

I laughed so hard when you did the "American video game promotion man" voice.

Hilarious video, and thanks for the cameo. : )

"I know at least one person who was scared of it as a kid" DUUUDE I WAS IN CONSTANT DREAD EVERYTIME I WENT TO THAT LEVEL SELECT SCREEN. This and the "dangerous area" music of Digimon World 3 always scared me even though there's nothing inherently scary about them. Thanks for unlocking one memory keep awesome mahman

Croc 2 and Spyro 1+2 were my first games. Loved seeing them featured

That song playing on the demo disc unlocked some deep core memory in me

I love how you have this knack of repeating words in succession that come around every so often in a lot of your vids. It really really do be what it do be and it do be good 😊

This is gold, thank you Thor!

Strong nostalgia video. I agree, the demo discs themselves had such a special feeling.

I had the CD Interactive Sample Disc Vol. 9. Had some bangers like MGS, Spyro, Gran Turismo and Medievil. The envelope art was all roundy and purple and I remmeber that i tought it looked like an dreamcast controller (the dreamcast was already out when I got my playstation). I really liked it. Ansd, living on a third world country, It was the only original playstation disc I ever saw back them. Also, sad that granturismo 2 demo doesn't have music. It has some really great sound track! Probably the reason thats the racing game I played the most in my life, after mario kart. Also (2), north americans call football soc cer. And call a game that you carry a ball under you arm (thats basically rugby wearing armor) foottball...

What a demo disc. Blitter boy is a net yaroze game that definitely deserves a play.

cool music. im a first time watcher. when the namelists came up i almost skipped, but i was like, hmmm this music is cool. then you said you created the music. well done.

The main theme from Destrega is one of my favourite pieces of music in all of video games.

Brooo, the demo disc menu soundtrack unlocked a memory I didn't know I had or even know where it came from. If you zone out the bugs bunny game actually looks pretty good.

I had this as a kid, it just came with the console. (Still have it somewhere in a pile of old PSX games.) The CTR demo had three levels, the one you showed, and one for the two-player and four-player splitscreen modes respectively.

Jason Page made the Demo One music. He also made the Gran Turismo 1 menu music for PAL region. Its lit.

The patrone d'n'b-shoegaze track is mentalll

Yes! This is how I like the end of a long dong day of work! Thankies Mr. Thor

I must have had this demo, I can vividly remember playing all these demos. I remember not being able to get far with that Bugs Bunny demo.

4th grade 1996 our class always got to do whatever the final hour of Fridays, and this demo disk+ a new fangled ps1 (for that time) was an option for us. I remember some ridiculous live action reenactment educational trivia games we would sometimes play as a class.

PS underground demo disc with MW2, Tomb raider, etc. on it was first one I had. loved it.

love ur music and videos

I remember playing the Gran Turismo demo and being upset that I can't pick the Dodge Viper which is my childhood favorite car. This was before I got Japanese car pilled with Gran Turismo 2.

European ravey PS1 aesthetic has been drilled into my head from a Young age and I see it in my sleep lol

I owned this demo disc since my early PSOne days and it's still one of my favorite demo discs ever. A big part of my childhood.

Oh mijn god, kerel, toen ik die vis demo screen zag had ik een hele ratatouille moment van kleine kiddo ik die wild ging op mn pa's zn ps1. die intro van tombi was ik al zo lang vergeten, toen ik die naam googlde was t alsof ik een verloren vriend terug had gevonden. anyways, thanks pik, als altijd weer s-klasse filmpies, zo door gaan, zet m op

‘id really like it if this could reach a bit of a wider audience outside of my regular audience’ WELL mission successful, cause I had never heard of you before Coconuts was featured in my Bandcamp recommendations email!

i love the little meow after thor announces the final game at 35:00

Got that disc as well! It was where I played the destrega demo and wanted the game which i never could find at game stors, until i found a rom online many many years later. As i also never oenwd Crash team racing i played the demo with my brother a lot lol

DEVIL DICE! I forgot about Devil Dice! thanks for reminding me

6:57 bugs bunny falling into a box while also falling outside of it i get the feeling bugs is just always drawn onscreen even if an object is obscuring the camera, adding an extra layer of delicious crunchy jank.

I have a demo disc with nearly the same game line up, but totally different menu... But I miss these so much. I had to save my money for over year to buy my PlayStation as a kid (my parents didn't want us kids playing video games so wouldn't buy them or help us) and didn't even own a game for it for ages: I lived off rentals and demo discs for i don't even remember for how long.. so many memories.

Holy shit I had that demo disk, my cousin gifted me his Yu-Gi-Oh Forbidden Memories and this demo disk was in the case too, scratched to hell but it still worked. The music for Destrega and the demo menu just unlocked some ancient memories.

Sheed a tear at the 3:55 minute demo song ❤❤ Im 40.. i had over 100 demo discs just from psx. Also had maybe 15 for saturn. My fav demos disc was panzer dragon saga. It was the full disc 1/4 of the game. You could save. I grinded that last area to the limite. By the time i got the full game i had over 100hours in my save 😂.

Omg the Jampack music used for the American demo disk example at 4:40 awakened ancient memories 😂

Had this very disc. What a time to have been a kid